What is your reply?

During a meeting at the start of a brand new software development initiative with Scrum, a stakeholder tells all those assembled, that he doesn’t "believe" in Scrum. Traditional project management limits business risk by setting a deadline and budget. He says Scrum does not offer any of this and is, therefore, a high-risk approach he is not willing to take.

What is your reply?
A . Explain that in complex product development, discoveries are made along the way. No guarantees can be given. Risk is inherent to building software.
B. Explain that those traditional approaches always went over budget, time while delivering low value, unmaintainable products.
C. Yell "OK Sir." while insisting he go "live with the dinosaurs".
D. Explain that Scrum limits risk by frequent inspection and adaptation mechanism, and in every Sprint, a product Increment is created by the Scrum Team, and by doing so, we become able to respond to change and address risk when it occurs.

Answer: A

Explanation:

It’s tempting to go off the rails, but let’s promote Scrum. Scrum does manage risk, with the early delivery of a valuable product.